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Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Magic, science, or household cleanser? Let your second grader decide with this practical, nontoxic chemistry experiment with acids and bases.

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.

In this experiment you will replicate the mummification process by making a hot dog mummy.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

Here's a fun activity to help build thinking skills in young first grade scientists, and to encourage them to have a blast exploring the mass and volume.

This kindergarten science activity will help her explore the changing states of matter which transform an egg from raw to soft to hard-boiled.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Before you get ready for a delicious scramble or omelet, add a bit of science to your morning routine!

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

Ever wondered how a plant drinks water? This science project will teach you how and help you create a beautiful floral display!

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Science fair project that determines whether lettuce that is harvested gradually yields more produce than lettuce that is harvested all at once.

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!